#59 - MEN1, Medicine & Mistrust: Why Patients & Doctors Misunderstand Each Other (Top Consultant)

Описание: Ever left an MEN1 appointment feeling more anxious than when you went in? – Season 2, Episode 9

Today I'm joined by Professor Maralyn Druce, top London Endocrine Consultant, for an honest conversation about where tension, mistrust, and misunderstanding can quietly grow between patients and clinicians — especially in rare disease care.

We explore:

• Why MEN1 often lives in a grey zone of uncertainty — not clear answers

• How “watch and wait” can feel very different to patients vs doctors

• The anxiety patients carry between appointments, tests & scans

• Why feeling unheard doesn’t always mean someone isn’t listening

• How better outcomes depend on partnership, trust, and shared responsibility

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Why MEN1 Appointments Leave Patients Anxious
00:55 Meeting Professor Maralyn Druce: Inside the Consultant’s Mind
01:34 What Actually Happens in a MEN1 Consultation
03:12 How Clinicians Really Think About Managing MEN1
12:03 The Emotions Doctors Don’t Always Talk About
19:09 Patient Portals, Information Overload & Hidden Anxiety
32:56 Learning to Navigate a Complex Healthcare System
40:56 A Better Way Forward: Community, Trust & Shared Responsibility

About Our Guest:
Professor Maralyn Druce is a Consultant Endocrinologist specialising in both general and complex endocrine conditions, including thyroid, adrenal and pituitary disorders, neuroendocrine tumours, and inherited syndromes such as MEN1. She is known for her holistic, patient-centred approach and her commitment to ensuring patients fully understand their management options.

Professor Druce is a senior medical educator, serving as Deputy Dean for Education and Head of Governance for undergraduate MBBS and dental programmes at Barts and the London, and Associate Dean for Undergraduates at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She also founded and directs the Postgraduate Diploma and MSc programmes in Endocrinology at Queen Mary University of London, teaching students worldwide.

She is actively involved in research and regularly lectures nationally and internationally. Professor Druce trained at the University of Cambridge and University College London, completed specialist training at Hammersmith and Barts Hospitals, held a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellowship (2002–2006), and was awarded a PhD in physiology at Imperial College London, focusing on gut hormones and energy regulation.

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